Tag Archives: Health
‘A recipe for disaster:’ SUN responds to COVID rule loosening, new variants
Tracy Zambory didn't hold back her thoughts on the changes to Saskatchewan's health orders that were announced Tuesday.The president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) said upon hearing the new...
Mar 10, 2021
Increased COVID-19 exposure risk at Tobin Lake
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning of an increased COVID-19 exposure risk in the Resort Village of Tobin Lake.The exposure is at The Bird Restaurant and Bar at the Shorebird Inn between Marc...
Mar 10, 2021
All adults in Yellowknife can join others in N.W.T. in getting COVID-19 vaccine
YELLOWKNIFE - All adults in Yellowknife can now book an appointment to receive their COVID-19 vaccine. Yellowknife is the last community in the Northwest Territories to make vaccinations available to ...
Mar 10, 2021
111 new cases, 140 recoveries, and one COVID death reported in province
There are 111 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 10, bringing the provincial total to 30,029 cases.One Saskatchewan resident who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. This death...
Mar 10, 2021
New details emerge about future La Ronge long-term care facility
La Ronge council was updated on plans for a new long-term care facility, which would mark one of the largest infrastructure projects in the town's history. During a Committee of the Whole report from ...
Mar 10, 2021
Vaccination efforts stepped up but caution urged on lifting COVID-19 measures
TORONTO - Health authorities stepped up COVID-19 vaccination efforts on the eve of the first anniversary of the global pandemic Wednesday amid a stubbornly consistent spread of new infections and rela...
Mar 10, 2021
COVID case detected at Cando school
Living Sky School Division (LSSD) have another positive case of COVID-19 in an individual at Cando Community School.The case was announced in a late media release Tuesday. Cando Community School, whic...
Mar 10, 2021
Ottawa won't set new deadline for providing clean water in First Nations communities
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Canada won't set a deadline for lifting all remaining long-term drinking-water advisories in First Nations communities, but it will create a website to provide estimated c...
Mar 10, 2021
COVID-19-related spending set to drop sharply over coming year: PBO report
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says the portion of federal spending related to COVID-19 is set to drop by 86 per cent in the coming fiscal year compared to 2020-21, as Canada transitions away f...
Mar 10, 2021
As Texas casts off shackles of COVID-19, lessons of 2020 still loom large for many
LLANO, Texas - In this weather-beaten Texas town, where frayed tributes to Donald Trump are still prominent among the cactus and yucca plants along the two-lane highway, there are two kinds of shopkee...
Mar 10, 2021